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MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY MASTERS: PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED SWISS COLLECTION
FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Des fleurs dans un élément mécanique
Details
FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)
Des fleurs dans un élément mécanique
signed and dated '43 F.LEGER' (lower right); signed, dated and titled 'DES FleuRS Dans un élément MECANIQUE F.LEGER.43' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
29 1⁄8 x 35 7⁄8 in. (74 x 91.2 cm.)
Painted in 1943
Des fleurs dans un élément mécanique
signed and dated '43 F.LEGER' (lower right); signed, dated and titled 'DES FleuRS Dans un élément MECANIQUE F.LEGER.43' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
29 1⁄8 x 35 7⁄8 in. (74 x 91.2 cm.)
Painted in 1943
Provenance
Nadia Léger, Paris, until at least 1957.
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (no. 15035).
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 30 November 1987, lot 63.
Private collection, Switzerland.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the 1990s.
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (no. 15035).
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 30 November 1987, lot 63.
Private collection, Switzerland.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the 1990s.
Literature
A. Verdet, Fernand Léger, Florence, 1969, no. 21, pp. 32 & 89 (illustrated pl. 21).
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, 1938-1943, Paris, 1998, no. 1135, p. 254 (illustrated p. 255).
G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, 1938-1943, Paris, 1998, no. 1135, p. 254 (illustrated p. 255).
Exhibited
Paris, Musée des arts décoratifs, Fernand Léger, June - October 1956, no. 106, p. 282 (illustrated p. 283); this exhibition later travelled to Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, October - November 1956.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Léger, wegbereider, December 1956 - January 1957, no. 53; this exhibition later travelled to Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbe-museum, February - March 1957.
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Fernand Léger, March - May 1957, no. 91, p. 90 (illustrated pl. 91).
Dortmund, Museum am Ostwald, Fernand Léger, September - October 1957, no. 29 (illustrated pl. 29).
Moscow, Pushkin Museum, Fernand Léger, January - March 1963, p. 47.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Léger, wegbereider, December 1956 - January 1957, no. 53; this exhibition later travelled to Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbe-museum, February - March 1957.
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Fernand Léger, March - May 1957, no. 91, p. 90 (illustrated pl. 91).
Dortmund, Museum am Ostwald, Fernand Léger, September - October 1957, no. 29 (illustrated pl. 29).
Moscow, Pushkin Museum, Fernand Léger, January - March 1963, p. 47.
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